Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment is a profoundly complex and controversial aspect of the criminal justice system. This section provides articles that explore the history, legal frameworks, and ethical debates surrounding Capital Punishment in various jurisdictions. Correctional professionals can gain insights into the procedures, implications, and ongoing discussions about using the death penalty. Understanding Capital Punishment is crucial for those involved in its administration and those engaged in broader criminal justice reform efforts. For further context, explore related topics on supermax prisons.
The justices ruled prosecutors withheld evidence and failed to correct false testimony in Richard Glossip’s murder trial for the 1997 killing of his former boss
Only three inmates in the U.S. have been executed by firing squad since 1976 — all were in Utah, with the last one taking place in 2010
Michael Nance argued that his medical conditions make lethal injection inhumane, but a federal judge ruled the method does not create unconstitutional suffering
A Texas inmate was executed Thursday evening for the killings that happened nearly 30 years ago
The man was sentenced to die for the deaths of three people as well as stealing guns and cash in a plot to create and whites-only nation
The justices ruled 5-3 on Wednesday in favor of inmate Vernon Madison, who killed a police officer in 1985
The governor ordered the prison system to come up with a new lethal drug protocol after a federal judge’s scathing critique of the first drug in Ohio’s method
The recent history of capital punishment in the U.S. has been marked by declining popularity and usage
Prosecutors have insisted on seeking the death penalty
The Supreme Court wouldn’t hear the case of an inmate who was charged with robbing, kidnapping, murdering and burying alive three people
The Houston district attorney agreed that the inmate should be spared the death penalty
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had stayed the execution over the religious arguments, but the U.S. Supreme Court allowed it to proceed
A Circuit Court of Appeals granted an indefinite stay for the inmate a day before he was scheduled to be executed for slaying a teenager two decades ago
Similar lawsuits have been filed in recent years, as prison officials struggle to find lethal injection drug suppliers
The inmate is charged with the deaths of deputies Patrick Rohrer and Theresa King, who were killed while transporting him back to jail after a hearing
Legislators are expected to consider changes to state law that will allow them to resume executions
The state say(s) a Christian prison chaplain does not have to be present for the Muslim inmate’s execution
The bill is an attempt to address inabilities to carry out lethal injections because of the lack of chemicals needed
Robert Jennings received lethal injection for the July 1988 fatal shooting of Officer Elston Howard during a robbery
A Muslim inmate said the state violated his rights by having a Christian prison chaplain stand near him while he’s executed
Death row inmate Robert Jennings was condemned for the 1988 slaying of Officer Elston Howard during a robbery
An Ohio governor delayed a man’s execution next month to look at lethal injection alternatives
Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien says death row inmate Warren Keith Henness’ motion is an abuse of the court system
Scott Raymond Dozier, 48, was found unresponsive in his solo death-row cell at the state’s maximum-security prison
U.S. Supreme Court rulings prohibited the inmate’s execution because of her disability
Several of the victims were killed while inside vehicles or in drive-by shootings
Inmate Scott Dozier has tried to cut his neck and wrist and obtain deadly drugs while waiting to be executed for murders committed in 2007
“I seek to be executed as I do here, this day, stand on death row a guilty man worthy of death — please grant me this plea,” inmate David Cox wrote
Jose Antonio Jimenez was convicted of the fatal stabbing and beating death of a woman in 1992
Twenty-five executions were carried out in 2018, the fourth consecutive year in which there have been fewer than 30 executions nationwide
Alvin Braziel Jr. received lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the 1993 slaying of a 27-year-old jogger
Alvin Braziel Jr., 43, is scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday for a 1993 murder
Mississippi’s state Supreme Court on Thursday denied appeals from two death row inmates
